過山烏

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	mountain; hill	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (過山烏)		過	山	烏
simp. (过山乌)		过	山	乌

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ saan¹ wu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ saan¹ wu¹
    • Yale: gwo sāan wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ saan¹ wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ san¹ wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ saːn⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵/

Noun

過山烏

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) king cobra

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼鏡王蛇 (“king cobra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼鏡王蛇
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	過山風
Cantonese	Guangzhou	過山風
	Hong Kong	過山烏
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	過山風